Systems Manager, HR Systems; Oracle Fusion HCM

Systems Manager, HR Systems (Oracle Fusion HCM)

Redwood City, CA, United States (Hybrid)

University IT (UIT), part of the Business Affairs organization at Stanford University, delivers enterprise technology services that enable research, teaching, administration, and healthcare. UIT is advancing a multi‑year strategy to modernize critical business platforms through adoption of cloud‑first enterprise solutions.

UIT is seeking a technically accomplished Systems Manager, HR Systems to lead operational delivery for the University’s Human Capital Management ecosystem, with primary responsibility for Oracle Fusion HCM. This role blends hands‑on technical leadership with people management, guiding analysts and developers to build scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise and custom HR solutions that support institutional priorities.

• Provide architectural and technical leadership across Oracle Fusion HCM, including configuration strategy, extensions, integrations, data architecture, and development of custom HR solutions where platform capabilities require augmentation.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a cross‑functional team of analysts and developers while serving as the senior technical escalation point.
• Establish design standards, integration patterns, and development frameworks that promote reuse, scalability, maintainability, and effective custom solution delivery.
• Guide solution decisions across the full delivery lifecycle (analysis, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and optimization).
• Partner with enterprise architecture and platform teams to align HR solutions with institutional cloud, integration, and security strategies.
• Lead technical roadmap planning, balancing modernization initiatives, technical debt reduction, and delivery of business capabilities.
• Ensure solutions meet expectations for performance, security, compliance, and operational supportability.

• Oversee development of integrations, extensions, automations, custom applications, and reporting using Oracle Fusion tools and enterprise integration platforms.
• Drive architectural reviews, code quality standards, and design governance across the HR systems portfolio, including custom‑built solutions.
• Translate complex business requirements into enterprise‑grade solution architectures and pragmatic implementation approaches spanning SaaS configuration and custom development.
• Define and promote best practices for environment management, release processes, testing strategy, and Dev Ops alignment within SaaS and custom application ecosystems.
• Lead vendor and partner technical engagement, including design validation and delivery oversight.
• Collaborate with teams across the university to deliver cohesive, enterprise‑wide solutions and shared platform capabilities.
• Identify opportunities for optimization, automation, and strategic custom solution development to address gaps or enhance user experience.

• 8+ years of progressive IT experience spanning enterprise application architecture, configuration, development, and delivery of custom business solutions.
• 5+ years delivering solutions within Oracle Fusion HCM (e.g., Payroll, Time & Labor, Core HR, or related modules).
• Demonstrated experience designing and building custom HR applications, extensions, or middleware services that complement SaaS HCM platforms.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and establishing architectural direction for cloud‑based enterprise platforms.
• Experience supporting hybrid HCM landscapes and transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of People Soft HCM and experience supporting or migrating legacy People Soft environments is strongly preferred.

• Deep understanding of Oracle Fusion HCM architecture, security model, extensibility framework, and integration patterns.
• Hands‑on familiarity with Oracle Fusion development and integration capabilities (REST/SOAP APIs, HDL/HSDL, BI Publisher, OTBI, Fast Formulas, and PaaS extensions).
• Experience building custom HR solutions using modern development frameworks, low‑code platforms, or PaaS services integrated with enterprise HCM ecosystems.
• Experience defining…